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Object Number 47-73-70/2900.2
Display Title Fishhooks - shell and bone
Descriptions
Object Description Fishhooks - shell and bone
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved tortoise shell hook tied to incised shell back with plant fiber
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Ugi
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 3 x 1.7 cm (2 15/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2900.2

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